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New Mexicans want safe, trap-free public lands!

Trap Free New Mexico is a coalition of citizens, conservation organizations and animal welfare groups who oppose the cruel, damaging, and dangerous practice of trapping in New Mexico. Under-regulated and outdated, traps put citizens, pets, and non-target species at risk, including the endangered Mexican gray wolf. We seek to ban traps in New Mexico for the sake of public safety and New Mexico’s native wildlife.

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News & Updates

Massachusetts outlaws destructive wildlife killing contests

by TrapFree New Mexico | Jan 17, 2020 | Wildlife, Wildlife Killing Contests, Wildlife Management | 0 Comments

Regulation abolishes competitive killing of wild animals for prizes and entertainment Boston, MA – A coalition of leading wildlife protection organizations is applauding MassWildlife staff and the Massachusetts Fisheries and Wildlife Board for their vote today to ban...

Trapping is not wildlife management

by TrapFree New Mexico | Jan 16, 2020 | NM Department of Game and Fish, Trapping on Public Lands, Trapping Regulations, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Management | 0 Comments

Trapping has been touted by New Mexico Department of Game and Fish staff as a “legitimate” and "valuable" wildlife management tool. However, the type and scope of trapping is never specified nor are the reasons stated for its necessity. There are no management plans...

MY VIEW: Trapping will damage tourism

by TrapFree New Mexico | Dec 23, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Companion Animal, Economic Analysis, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Public Lands, Public Safety, Trap Injuries, Trap Victim Story, Trapping Incidents Map, Trapping on Public Lands, Trapping Regulations, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Management | 0 Comments

It is hard to believe the state ⏤ always in need of revenue ⏤ is intentionally acting to decrease its most dependable revenue stream: tourism. This is unimaginable; the state is acting to purposely lose residents and tourists by condoning and actively perpetuating...

NM game panel puts black bears at risk

by TrapFree New Mexico | Dec 23, 2019 | Bear, Cruelty, Lethal control, NM Department of Game and Fish, NM State Game Commission, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Management | 0 Comments

By Jan Hayes, Founder, Sandia Mountain Bear Watch The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish has recently released its Final Adopted Bear Rule for the next five years, 2020-24, and the news is not good for New Mexico’s bears or for those of us who had hoped for some...

Don’t Trap, Photograph!

by TrapFree New Mexico | Dec 20, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Economic Analysis, Letter to the Editor, Outdoor Recreation Industry, Trapping on Public Lands, Wildlife | 0 Comments

The potential of non-extractive/non–exploitive wildlife viewing and photography are already huge revenue streams in New Mexico. Shooting wildlife with cameras has far more sustainable financial potential than hunting or the egregious trapping—still legal in New...

Speak out to oppose trapping on public lands

by TrapFree New Mexico | Dec 16, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Mexican wolf, NM Department of Game and Fish, NM State Game Commission, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Public Safety, Trap Injuries, Trapping Incidents Map, Trapping is Torture, Trapping on Public Lands, Trapping Regulations, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Management | 0 Comments

New Mexico has a problem with traps on public lands. The ongoing destruction inflicted by hidden, baited, steel jaw traps is well documented. Users of public lands, companion animals and wildlife, including endangered species, continue to suffer the harm inflicted by...

Letter to the Editor: Statewide Traps

by TrapFree New Mexico | Dec 10, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Letter to the Editor, NM Department of Game and Fish, NM State Game Commission, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Public Safety, Trapping is Torture, Trapping on Public Lands, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Management | 0 Comments

This letter was published in the Santa Fe New Mexican on December 10, 2019 New Mexico has a problem with traps on public lands. The ongoing destruction inflicted by hidden, baited, steel jaw traps is well-documented. Public lands users, companion animals and wildlife,...

Inconsistency at Game and Fish: After state rejoins wolf recovery program, two pups caught in leghold traps

by TrapFree New Mexico | Dec 10, 2019 | Ban Traps on Public Lands, Cruelty, Endangered Species, Illegal Trapping, Legislation, Mexican wolf, NM Department of Game and Fish, NM State Game Commission, Public Lands, Public Opinion, Public Safety, Trap Injuries, Trapping Incidents Map, Trapping is Torture, Trapping on Public Lands, Trapping Regulations, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife Management | 0 Comments

In early November, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish formally rejoined the federal Mexican Wolf Recovery Program as a lead agency. The department signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to establish a framework for...

Wild wolf pup found dragging leghold trap in Gila

by TrapFree New Mexico | Nov 27, 2019 | Mexican wolf, Public Lands, Trap Injuries, Trapping Incidents Map, Trapping is Torture, Trapping on Public Lands, Trapping Regulations, Wildlife, Wildlife Management | 0 Comments

Another wolf pup is undergoing treatment as private trapping continues to take a toll on endangered species and public lands RESERVE, NM – An endangered wild wolf pup in the Gila National Forest has more than the usual number of threats to his survival right now. A...

Queen Elizabeth II Will Go Fur Free

by TrapFree New Mexico | Nov 26, 2019 | Banned Fur Sales, Bear, Cruelty, Fur Free Fashion, Public Opinion, Uncategorized, Wildlife | 0 Comments

She has sat next to Anna Wintour at London Fashion Week and awarded Stella McCartney the Order of the British Empire. Now Queen Elizabeth II is building on her fashion-forward reputation: The 93-year-old monarch will stop buying clothing made with real fur, the...

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